Most would pick Zakho in this game against Erbil, but the guests will fight to the finish. Here's our match preview!
- Zakho have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Erbil is in the worst form (0-1-5)
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Zakho form and stats
Zakho have played 7 Iraqi League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Zakho enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Naft Al-Wasat's place. The match ended 1-0.
Before that, Zakho had a home game versus Naft which ended with a victory 3-1.Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 12 league matches, 10 have produced two goals or less.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Zakho here at Cairo International Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). Zakho have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Erbil form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Erbil so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Erbil are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The manager Salman was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Franso Hariri Stadium. Erbil suffered a 0-4 loss to Al Sinaah (placed 19th). Erbil lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
A 1-3 defeat away at Al Karkh before that.Lacking goals? 9 of this club's most recent 12 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Newroz SC in just four days.
The attacking power of Erbil when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Erbil have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Zakho have put together a streak of 9 consecutive matches without defeat (3-6-0) when playing Erbil.Zakho missing players
Erbil missing players
| Zakho | Erbil | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | 6 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 80% | 71% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 87% |
| 47% | 57% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 60% |
| 27% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 33% |
| 13% | 14% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 13% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 40% |
| 27% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 33% |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 40% |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
| 5.3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 3.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 3.5 | 7.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 21% |
| 10.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 3.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.2 |
- Erbil have created more than twice as many corners as Zakho.
- Erbil have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Erbil have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Erbil is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Zakho have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Zakho have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zakho have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Zawra'a | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Al Talaba | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Al Shorta | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Kahrabaa | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Duhok | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Al Najaf | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Naft Maysan | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Naft Al-Janoob | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | Al Karkh | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Hudod | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Naft Al-Wasat | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Zakho | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 14 | Karbala | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Newroz SC | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 16 | Al-Qasim | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Erbil | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 13 |
| 18 | Naft | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Al Sinaah | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -12 | 9 |
| 20 | Al Diwaniya | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -21 | 3 |
